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January 22, 2019

Pope Francis says he's pained by deaths in Colombia, the Mediterranean

A police officer and two women wipe away tears Jan. 17, 2019, close to the scene where a car bomb exploded in Bogota, Colombia.
VATICAN – When Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer Jan. 20, he told the crowd in St. Peter's Square that he had "two pains in my heart: Colombia and the Mediterranean."
Published in International
July 2, 2017

Caritas Palermo: First stop for many migrants who cross Mediterranean

African migrants gather at the Caritas diocesan center in Palmero, Sicily, June 1.

PALERMO, Italy – Young African men crowded the courtyard, while others squatted on the cool, gray marble floor inside the Caritas diocesan facility near the gritty central train station of the Sicilian capital.

Published in International
October 26, 2016

Refugee deaths at sea reach all-time high, U.N. agency reports

Life jackets worn by fleeing refugees lie in Parliament Square in London, U.K. Sept. 19. The number of migrants and refugees who have died at sea is expected to reach an all-time high in 2016, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency.

ROME – The number of migrants and refugees who have died while making the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean is expected to reach an all-time high in 2016, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency said.

Published in International
April 21, 2016

Rescued refugees report hundreds drowned in Mediterranean

Coast Guard members help refugees to disembark April 17 at the port of Kalamata in Greece. The survivors told U.N. staff that they had been part of a group of between 100 and 200 people who departed from Libya the previous week. There are reports of up to 500 refugees drowning in the Mediterranean Sea.

ROME – The same day Pope Francis brought 12 Syrian refugees to Rome from Greece, a merchant ship rescued 41 refugees, including a three-year-old child. They told human rights workers they saw as many as 500 others drown when the refugees' boat sank.

Published in International
October 18, 2015

Nobel-nominated priest rescues African refugees from Mediterranean

Father Mussie Zerai

NAIROBI, Kenya - A surge of migrant deaths in deadly voyages across the Mediterranean Sea has become a modern-day refugee crisis.

Published in International